Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Memory Rusting Effect [re: Linux hostile to poverty] | Date | Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:32:00 +0100 (BST) |
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> Depends. I have 127 processes running. About 25 will be in the "working > set". That leaves 100 processes whose task structure/kernel stack > could be swapped (maybe just a few things need to be kept in memory).
You cant swap kernel stacks. They have stuff on them touched from other contexts. Im just talking about code space that isnt needed from interrupt context or for paging and is easily lockable as 2.3 item
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